Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise

Fadenhopf ( Seleucidis melanoleuca ) in the Bronx Zoo, New York

The Fadenhopf ( Seleucidis melanoleuca ) from the family of birds of paradise is also known as bird of paradise Zwölffädiger and lives in the coastal lowlands of New Guinea. He is the only member in the genus Seleucidis.

This bird of paradise has long soft and golden yellow plumes without radiation. In twelve of these the black, a foot long shafts are bent or curved upwards, then explain the two common names.

For the colorful appearance finally provides another blue green collar.